Tar Beach Society and Class Quotes

All I have to do is fly over it for it to be mine forever. I can wear it like a giant diamond necklace, or just fly above it and marvel at its sparkling beauty. (9-10)

I can fly—yes, fly. Me, Cassie Louise Lightfoot, only eight years old and in the third grade, and I can fly. That means I'm free to go wherever I want for the rest of my life. (10)

Daddy took me to see the new union building he is working on. (11)